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"Pillai is at the top of his game in this book..He is a solid, well-trained historian..He knows how to dive into & (more importantly) emerge from the rabbit holes that historical research is pitted with." Thrilled that Arshia Sattar read & liked my book! theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/h…

If you are not a big reader, LISTEN to the "Gods, Guns and Missionaries" audiobook (in my voice)--which seems to be doing very well on Audible 🙌 amazon.in/gp/aw/d/B0F8DM…

Weekend mood. Manu S Pillai

Enjoyed this discussion with shoaib daniyal for Scroll.in on history, memory, and politics, rounding up with Ivan the Terrible. youtu.be/HfWd25Dv5-8?si…

Absolutely love Manu Pillai's clarity of thought and how well he expresses his views. Hope to meet him someday! Enjoyed his video with the Scroll: youtube.com/watch?v=HfWd25… Manu S Pillai

Scroll's naughty clickbaity tweet and reels will get me cancelled 😅 but yes do watch the full interview, which i enjoyed doing very much.

Good to see that Tyler Cowen is reading "Gods, Guns and Missionaries" 😎 marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

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Wonderful turnout and chat with Prof Saeed Khan Saeed Khan at the Bradford Literature Festival today to discuss "Gods, Guns and Missionaries" 🙌

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Random historical aside: everyone from Emperor Shahjahan in the 17th century to Hindus debating Christian missionaries in southern India in the colonial period dismissed European pretensions to superiority on account of this--not washing with water after going to the toilet.

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On thrones being taken apart for gems, seized as trophies of war, sent abroad as presents, and even being vomited on (with dire political consequences). My latest in Mint Lounge on the stories political chairs tell. livemint.com/mint-lounge/id…

Listening to. Stunning so far Manu S Pillai

The source of the richness and modernity of Indian culture from ⁦⁦Manu S Pillai⁩ book on «The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity» “Indian civilization, after all, is built on stories—and if it met anything unfamiliar, it simply absorbed it and told yet more stories”⁩

In my The New Indian Express column today I write how Shashi Tharoor has put the Congress party in a moral quandary. This may be similar to how VP Singh and Somnath Chatterjee put their party establishments in a piquant situation in their time. Open link: newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/…